A couple weeks ago I asked writers to identify which of their short stories they liked the best. But if I hadn’t limited the field, there is no doubt that An Aria for Cami is my personal favorite of all the stories I’ve written. It is being published by Doppler Press on Amazon for kindle as four books, and the first one, The Holly and the Ivy, has just been published. I hope that you will purchase, read and review it — all proceeds will go to BCTS to help support the site!

For anyone who read Aria a year ago when I first posted it, I can promise that the published version is better than you remember. It has gone through several rounds of edits, and the final posted chapter was completely revamped.

Many, many thanks to everyone who helped get this across the finish line, especially Angela Rasch, for a thorough line-edit and many thoughtful suggestions, Catherd and Dee Sylvan, each of whom went through the whole thing for me a second time, and Nyssa, whose early editorial suggestion sparked my first editing effort. Thanks, as well, to Erin and Melanie E. for the final edits, and for believing in the story enough to publish it. Melanie also did spectacular original cover art! A final note of thanks to AlisonP, who encouraged me to keep writing after Duets was done. Alison, The Holly and the Ivy is your book, and I dedicated it to you.

Because this publication will put more of my work behind a paywall, I’m compensating a bit by releasing the first part of a novelette later today. Cheers!